Nov 19, 2014 — Thanks to your help, we now have OVER 4,000 SIGNATURES on this petition to the FDA to require sesame disclosure on food labels. The petition also got the attention of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). They have now converted it into a more formal petition -- one to which the FDA IS LEGALLY REQUIRED TO REPLY!! Thank you CSPI!

Our petition is an exhibit to the CSPI's formal petition, so the more signatures we have, the more effective it will be. Let's break 5,000!

Very nice way to get around the "individual consumer" FDA comment issue.

FYI: This informal petition led to a more formal "citizen's petition" by CSPI, which is not the type that take signatures, but rather, is the type the FDA must reply to by law! http://cspinet.org/new/201411181.html

David Schneider METAIRIE, LA I am an allergist aware of the scope of this problem and sesame needs to be included on labeling laws

Another doc advocating for us.

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I'm assuming that all of the major allergy orgs & magazines have heard about this (it's their decision whether & how to get involved and/or inform their members/readers - each group has a right to decide their own priorities) .....

however, I was thinking some of the smaller allergy support groups may not have heard about this ... so if any of you belong to another group (ex - Facebook, IRL, etc), it might not be a bad idea to mention this petition to them.